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EPT Paris Champion Barny Boatman Unveiled as Latest PokerStars Team Pro

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:35:44 +0000

In a shock announcement, PokerStars have announced 2024 EPT Paris champion Barny Boatman as the latest member of Team Pro.

Less than three weeks after winning €1.2m in the French capital, the British poker legend was unveiled by James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton at a special live recording of Poker in the Ears at the Hippodrome Casino, London to mark the show’s 300th episode.

“We are delighted to welcome Barny Boatman to the PokerStars family,” said Kevin Harrington, CEO at PokerStars. “Barny’s reputation as one of the most respected and accomplished players in the industry precedes him, and we are confident that his insights and contributions will be invaluable as we continue to innovate and evolve as a platform.”

Barny Boatman

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:45:55 +0000

Biography

Barny Boatman is a professional poker player hailing from London, United Kingdom, where he is considered a legend of the game. Boatman has over $5.4 million in live poker tournament earnings, and was one of the founding members of The Hendon Mob, alongside brother Ross Boatman, Ram Vaswani, and Joe Beevers. The Global Poker Index acquired The Hendon Mob database in July 2013. Boatman has two World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and a European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event title to his name.

A Great Day for Poker: Legend of the Felt Barny Boatman Completes Long Road to EPT Main Event Title

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 18:36:39 +0000

At the 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Paris, a standing ovation took place for one of poker’s legends as an emotional Barny Boatman captured a long-awaited EPT Main Event title inside Les Palais des Congres.

The veteran bested the 1,717-entry field and defeated 2013 WCOOP Main Event winner David Kaufmann in a swift heads-up encounter to take home the trophy along with the 1,287,800 top prize. At 68 years of age, Boatman also became the oldest winner of an EPT Main Event but more than displayed he could hang with the young guns as shown over the last week.

Bernd Gleissner Captures Maiden Bracelet in WSOP Europe 1K Turbo Freezeout (46,700)

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:00:34 +0000

After ten and a half hours of play, a new bracelet winner has been crowned at the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe at Kings Resort in Rozvadov. Bernd Gleissner topped a field of 182 entrants in Event #14: 1,000 No-Limit Holdem Turbo Freezeout, last defeating Candido Cappiello in heads-up play to capture his first WSOP gold bracelet and the lions share of the 200,000 prize pool.

The win marks Gleissners third cash at the 2023 WSOPE and is by far his biggest of this series, with the next closest being a 27th-place finish in Event #6: 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha for 8,625. The German pro has enjoyed several five-figure scores at Kings Resort over the past two years, including a 27th-place finish in the 2022 WSOPE Main Event for 39,368 and a ninth-place finish in a 10,000 PLO High Roller event this past September for 46,000. His career-best cash comes from a win at the 2011 EPT London for 70,000.

2023 WSOPE Hands of the Week PLO Edition: Runner, Runner & a Royal Flush Triple Up

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 03:00:30 +0000

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Europe is currently taking place at King’s Casino in Rozvadov with 15 bracelet events. The series will wrap up on November 14, and right now nearly 10 tournaments are in the books. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team was on hand all series long to capture all the action, and during that time they documented some big hands, be they bad beats, sick coolers, or just game-changing in nature. Heres a look at some of the biggest hands from the WSOP Europe.

Seasoned Pro Tobias Peters Ends 11-Year WSOP Bracelet Pursuit

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 11:00:34 +0000

Tobias Peters has finally done it. Eleven years after quitting his job and starting a new journey in the poker world, the Dutchman has earned his first WSOP gold bracelet at the 2023 World Series of Poker Europe. In the short-handed variant with six players at each table, Event #7: 1,650 NLH 6-max took until six max, in the morning that is at the King’s Resort in Rozvadov. Nearly 17 hours after the cards went in the air for the final day, Peters defeated Barny Boatman in heads-up to claim the elusive hardware, a cash prize of 143,100.